Registered charity · Preston
Friends of the Harris
- 7 trustees
- Income £8k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.theharris.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£8k£170
- 2023£11k£193k
- 2022£80k£152k
Earlier years
- 2021£264k£81k
- 2020£368k£11k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE BY SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HARRIS MUSEUM, ART GALLERY AND LIBRARY PRESTON (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE HARRIS).IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO:A) GENERATE AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE HARRIS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES AS MAY BY LAW BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE.B) ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE OFFERING OF GIFTS TO THE HARRIS.
Grants received
1 grant · £250,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £250,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Alan Lester Hackett since 2014
- Catherine Turner since 2019
- Charlotte Katie Cullen since 2020
- Deborah Maria Burns since 2020
- Professor Peter Lloyd RE since 2024
- Sarah Louise Lakeland since 2020
- Simon Nixon since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Lester Hackett since 2014
- Catherine Turner since 2019
- Charlotte Katie Cullen since 2020
- Deborah Maria Burns since 2020
- Sarah Louise Lakeland since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alan Lester Hackett since 2014
- Catherine Turner since 2019
- Charlotte Katie Cullen since 2020
- Deborah Maria Burns since 2020
- Sarah Louise Lakeland since 2020
- Simon Nixon since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Peter Lloyd RE since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 503726
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 16 OCTOBER 1974AS AMENDED ON 08 NOV 2017AS AMENDED ON 10 APR 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01772903619 · harrisfriends@outlook.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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